Thursday, April 5, 2012

ARTICLE - SENATORS IN CONFUSION

THE SENATORS OF THE COMMISSION OF RATIFICATION IN FULL CONFUSION
(Haiti Libre) -

Although the report of the Senate Commission, responsible for analyzing the documents of the Prime Minister-designate, Laurent Lamothe, is favorable according to Senator Hyppolite Mélius, a member of this Commission; "We recommended a favorable vote, but it is the Assembly who ultimately will decide". Three Senators did not sign the report. They are senators: Jean Francky Exius, Jean Baptiste Bien-Aimé and Jean William Jeanty.

Senator Youri Latortue stated yesterday, Wednesday; "tomorrow there must be a session to ratify the Prime Minister-designate [...] Today there was a meeting with senators. It started at noon and there are latecomers. After we will meet with the Prime Minister. The meeting could have been done with the President, but he is not here [...]"

Reacting to the statements of Senator Latortue, Senator Jean William Jeanty, said he did not understand this rush of wanting to submit the report to the vote of the Assembly, stating that the report is incomplete. He expressed reservations about this report, due to the absence of remarks that he considers important, on the question of nationality. "I do not see why we should adopt the fact that the two Commissions have led to different conclusions," insisting on the necessity that the Commission which analyses the documents of the Prime Minister-designate, and the conclusions of the Commission on nationality is consistent.

Jean Rodolphe Joazile, President of the Commission of ratification, refutes the theory of precipitation in the approaches, and affirms that the work of his Commission is in no way linked to that on the investigation on the nationality of members of the Executive, saying that his Commission has done an excellent job on the criteria of nationality, and of the residence of Mr. Lamothe.

Youri Latortue abounds in the same direction as the President of the Commission, and refutes the statements of Senator Jeanty, which claims that there is precipitation of his part, in the ratification of the Prime Minister... insisting that his initiative was aimed to reach a consensus, not necessarily a majority, to ratify the choice of Mr. Lamothe; so that a maximum of senators may have a common position, on a set of questions, prior to the vote of ratification...

On the issue of the nationality of Laurent Lamothe, the Senator Hyppolite Mélius stated that the report has left a door open while waiting the end of research on nationality... Regarding the residence of Prime Minister-designate, he confirmed that Laurent Lamothe, had submitted two certificates of residence provided by the town of Petion-ville and Port-au-Prince, proving that he had resided for 5 years in the country.

For his part, Senator Simon Desras Dieuseul, President of the Senate has recognized, on a radio that the members of the Commission, were unable to agree on the conclusions of the report... "Some senators wish that the session on the first phase of ratification of the Prime Minister designated be held, even if there is not yet an agreement on the conclusion of the report... Others, wish that a copy of the document previously delivered to the office of the Senate, be in their hands at least twenty-four hours before the session..."

In summary, today, next week or God knows when, the Senators will proceed to the ratification of the Prime Minister designate. We can only regret that our elected members of the Senate are unable to reach a consensus to move the country forward, and that they expose to the eyes of the world their contradictions in the greatest confusion.

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